AT Kabul: Russia’s military struck Kiev and other Ukrainian cities on Monday with President Vladimir Putin warning of a “harsh” response in case of any further attacks such as that on the Crimean Bridge. Kiev’s police officials say the blasts caused at least five deaths and twelve injuries there, but …
Read More »WTO predicts slowdown in global trade growth
AT Kabul: The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday predicted that the growth of world trade will decrease in the next year (2023) due to the sharp increase in energy and food prices and the increase in interest rates, which has limited imports. Reuters news agency reports that the trade …
Read More »North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan
AT Kabul: North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, in what appears to be an escalation to get the attention of Tokyo and Washington. The missile travelled 4,500km (2,800 miles) before falling into the Pacific Ocean – far enough to hit the US island of Guam if it …
Read More »Swedish scientist awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine
AT Kabul: Svante Paabo has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries about the genomes of extinct humans and human evolution, the Nobel Academy announced. This is the first Nobel Prize this year, and in the coming days, it will be distributed to selected people …
Read More »Pakistani military helicopter crashes killing six soldiers
AT Kabul: A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the southwest area of the country late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, including two officers, the military said on Monday. The helicopter crashed during a “flying mission” near Harnai in the province of Balochistan, the military’s public relations wing …
Read More »Putin order partial mobilization of the Russian forces
AT Kabul: According to Russian media, Putin announced this issue in a video speech on Wednesday and said: The goal of the West is to weaken, divide and ultimately destroy Russia. By signing the partial mobilization decree, the President of Russia stated that the measures to mobilize part of the …
Read More »Rocket attack hits largest U.S. military base in Syria
AT Kabul: The US’s biggest military base in Syria has come under rocket attack, hours after another installation housing American forces was similarly targeted with projectiles. Syria’s al-Watan daily reported the attack on Sunday, identifying the target as the US’s outpost in the al-Omar Oilfield in the eastern Syrian Province …
Read More »Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan
AT Kabul: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience store to collapse and trapping hundreds on mountain roads. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung County, and followed a 6.4 …
Read More »At least 49 killed in border conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
AT News Kabul: Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan reported the occurrence of large-scale clashes along the borders of the two countries and the death of a number of soldiers from both sides. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Tuesday, September 13 that at least 49 Armenian soldiers have …
Read More »Russia gives up key northeast towns as Ukrainian forces advance
AT News Kabul: Moscow abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance. Russian forces used Izium as the logistics base for one of their main campaigns – a months-long assault …
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